Michele Bachmann gone

One lying

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/michele-bachmann/

Looney-tunes, ethics violating, congress critter gone


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Intel Makes Its First Acquisition Since Brian Krzanich Became CEO - Arik Hesseldahl - Enterprise - AllThingsD

http://allthingsd.com/20130528/intel-makes-its-first-acquisition-since-brian-krzanich-became-ceo/


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Sen. Bernie Sanders: What Can We Learn From Denmark?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/what-can-we-learn-from-de_b_3339736.html


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Florida's welfare drug tests cost more money than state saves, data shows - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2758871/floridas-welfare-drug-tests-cost.html


---SPSmith

Inside Google's Secret Lab - Businessweek

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/118584-inside-googles-secret-lab


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Everest

Striving for Everest: World's highest battle
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/25/travel/everest-2012-anniversary/index.html


---SPSmith

Preserving D-day memories with a tattered flag - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times

http://framework.latimes.com/2013/05/23/preserving-d-day-memories-with-a-tattered-flag/

No matter what your beliefs about war, on this Memorial Day, 2013, if you see a veteran, or someone on active duty, or perhaps one of their family members, extend your hand and thank them for their service to our country. They all are heroes, just like Patrick's father.

---SPSmith

Source confirms Intel’s big score: Samsung tablet using an Atom chip | VentureBeat

http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/24/source-confirms-intel-scores-with-an-atom-chip-in-upcoming-samsung-tablet/


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What’s 2013′s “Gone Girl”? Here are this summer’s best reads - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/24/whats_2013s_gone_girl_here_are_this_summers_best_reads/


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There’s always a proof text when you need one | Choice in Dying

http://choiceindying.com/2013/05/24/theres-always-a-proof-text-when-you-need-one/


---SPSmith

Well-Being Over Time in Britain and the USA

http://www.andrewoswald.com/docs/finaljpubecwellbeingjune2002.pdf


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Why Undocumented Immigrants Should Have Access To Taxpayer-Funded Health Care | ThinkProgress

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/24/2060541/undocumented-immigrants-taxpayer-funded-health-care/?mobile=wt


---SPSmith

Charts That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity-2013-5


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Forward Progressives — Conservatives and the Stupid Things They Say

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/conservativestupidity/


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Secretary of State John Kerry: Freedom to ‘Not Believe’ is a ‘Birthright of Every Human Being’

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/05/20/secretary-of-state-john-kerry-freedom-to-not-believe-is-a-birthright-of-every-human-being/


---SPSmith

Slate: Don’t Pray for Oklahoma

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Don't Pray for Oklahoma
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/prayers_for_oklahoma_wolf_blitzer_and_other_journalists_should_leave_god.html

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Amy and Samy Bouzaglo Have a Criminal Record: “We Have Done Our Time. God Is With Us.” | Moral Compass

http://moralcompassblog.com/2013/05/22/amy-and-samy-bouzaglo-have-a-criminal-record-we-have-done-our-time-god-is-with-us/


---SPSmith

Facebook's "is following Pages on" email is deceptive |gHacks Technology News

http://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/03/facebooks-is-following-pages-on-email-is-deceptive/


---SPSmith

Atheist State Lawmaker Quotes Carl Sagan Instead of Doing Prayer Before House Session - Phoenix - News - Valley Fever

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2013/05/atheist_carl_sagan_juan_mendez_state_lawmaker_quotes_carl_sagan_instead_of_doing_prayer_before_house_session.php


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Rationally Speaking: The American prison system

http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/05/american-prison-system.html#comment-form

Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not, Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 163-190, 2004

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inc_iandc_complex.pdf

http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_iandc_complex.pdf


---SPSmith

Slate: Your Headline of the Day

Your Headline of the Day
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/05/20/your_headline_of_the_day.html

---SPSmith

Content-Centric Networking - P2P Foundation

http://p2pfoundation.net/Content-Centric_Networking


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Edge.org

http://edge.org/response-detail/23799


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Eu research view, iof

http://www.internet-of-things-research.eu/pdf/IoT_Cluster_Strategic_Research_Agenda_2011.pdf


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The Internet of Things: In action - The Next Web

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/19/the-internet-of-things-in-action/?fromcat=all


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Skepticblog » Consensus on Climate Change

http://www.skepticblog.org/2013/05/20/consensus-on-climate-change/

by STEVEN NOVELLA, May 20 2013

A recent review finds that over 97% of scientists believe that human activity is contributing to climate change. That is a very solid consensus of scientific opinion.

---SPSmith

Rationally Speaking

http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/

: (a) The contingency of the circumstances that give rise to relationships makes them deeply a-rational (so long, Kant!); (b) They derive from chance priority of acquaintance, pheromone compatibility, genetic fatality, transference, and habit (i.e., they have many causes); and (c) None of the above mentioned factors count as reasons. The distinction between causes and reasons in philosophy in general, and in the philosophy of human action in particular, has a long and complex history. 

---SPSmith

iQ by Intel - Intel ISEF 2013: A World of Winning Ideas

http://iq.intel.com/iq/32966491/intel-isef-2013-a-world-of-winning-ideas


---SPSmith

Slate: What’s the Matter With Portland?

I thought you would like this article from The Slate Magazine for iPad

What's the Matter With Portland?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/05/portland_fluoride_vote_will_medical_science_trump_fear_and_doubt.html

---SPSmith

Bill Gates: ‘Death is something we really understand extremely well’

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/17/bill-gates-death-is-something-we-really-understand-extremely-well/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein


---SPSmith

Slashdot: Intel Rolls Out "Beacon Mountain" Android Dev Platform For Atom

http://m.slashdot.org/story/186275


---SPSmith

Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

http://lesswrong.com/lw/hbu/rationality_quotes_may_2013/

Noriko: Wow, you must have a real knack for it!

Kazumi: That's not it, Miss Takaya! It takes hard work in order to achieve that.

Noriko: Hard work? You must have a knack for hard work, then!

---SPSmith

How Google beat Apple to a streaming music service | The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/17/4340274/how-google-beat-apple-to-a-streaming-music-service
Spotify is the top music subscription service. The company has
attracted more than 6 million paying subscribers by enabling them to
listen to any song in its library anytime they want for $9.99 a month.
Over at Pandora, the online radio service plays songs randomly and
relies on ad sales to pay the bills. But neither of these companies
have come close to generating profits; the top record companies hope
that Apple and Google can wade in and do a better job of that.

---SPSmith

Microsoft Word - Boan report.doc

http://www.prescottenews.com/pdfs/MarkBoanReport.pdf

After reviewing interviews of the Iron Brotherhood members conducted by the Department of Public Safety Special Investigations Unit, reviewing videos from Hooligan's and Moctezuma's bars, reviewing an audio recording made by Prescott Police and interviewing Deputy Mark Boan, I have made the following conclusions and findings 

---SPSmith

Paul Otellini's Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It? - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/after-paul-otellini-intel-lost-the-iphone-battle-but-it-could-win-the-mobile-war/275825/


---SPSmith

Article: Brian Krzanich takes the reins at Intel today

Brian Krzanich takes the reins at Intel today
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/16/brian-krzanich-new-intel-ceo/

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---SPSmith

Article: The six most excruciating interviews of all time

The six most excruciating interviews of all time
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2013/may/15/six-most-excruciating-interviews-all-time

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---SPSmith

Benghazi Was Neither a Terrorist Attack Nor an Act of Terror

http://prospect.org/article/benghazi-was-neither-terrorist-attack-nor-act-terror


---SPSmith

Dan Brown's Inferno: the critics sharpen their quills | Books | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/shortcuts/2013/may/14/dan-browns-inferno-critics


---SPSmith

Slate: Taxing One’s Enemies

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Taxing One's Enemies
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2013/05/irs_targeting_the_tea_party_a_history_of_tax_agency_scandals.html

---SPSmith

Slate: Obama’s War on Journalists

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Obama's War on Journalists
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/05/obama_s_justice_department_holder_s_leak_investigations_are_outrageous_and.html

---SPSmith

Article: The IRS Tea Party Scandal, Explained

The IRS Tea Party Scandal, Explained
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/irs-tea-party-scandal-congress-nonprofit-obama

Does this mess have any connection to all that "dark money" you guys write about?Yes. Before this scandal broke, 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups were already making headlines for their political spending. Secretive nonprofits like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS, the Koch-fundedAmericans for Prosperity, and the American Action Network spent huge sums of money to influence the 2012 elections. Campaign watchdogs say those groups have flouted the law, which says 501(c)(4) groups can't make politics their "primary purpose." Watchdogs have demanded that the IRS and the Federal Election Commission crack down on these nonprofits for spending too much time and money on politics.

---SPSmith

501(c) exemption, what they can do,

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicm95.pdf


---SPSmith

A Week of Groceries in Different Countries - Wall to Watch

A Week of Groceries in Different Countries - Wall to Watch:

§527 Political Organizations

http://www.t-tlaw.com/pol-04.htm

Lobbying Activities. A §527 political organization cannot engage in lobbying

---SPSmith

Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10049454/Dont-make-fun-of-renowned-Dan-Brown.html

The critics said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive. They said it was full of unnecessary tautology. They said his prose was swamped in a sea of mixed metaphors. For some reason they found something funny in sentences such as "His eyes went white, like a shark about to attack." They even say my books are packed with banal and superfluous description, thought the 5ft 9in man. He particularly hated it when they said his imagery was nonsensical. It made his insect eyes flash like a rocket.

---SPSmith

Link from Twitter

ajl.sagepub.com/content/5/6/502.short

Download the official Twitter app here

---SPSmith

"I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower Than Other Operating Systems. Here Is Why." - Zorinaq

"I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower Than Other Operating Systems. Here Is Why." - Zorinaq: "he NTFS code is a purple opium-fueled Victorian horror novel that uses global recursive locks and SEH for flow control. "

'via Blog this'

Thieves Stole $45 Million From ATMs Because The U.S. Uses Absurd 40-Year-Old Technology | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/thieves-stole-45-million-because-us-uses-absurd-40-year-old-technology?dom=tw&src=SOC


---SPSmith

Mom Delays Taking Gunshot-Wounded Son to Hospital to Check WebMD First

Mom Delays Taking Gunshot-Wounded Son to Hospital to Check WebMD First: "WebMd, the hypochondriac's wet dream turned digital, is notorious for convincing invalid-hopefuls that their pounding headache is actually just a tricky little combination of diabetes and cyanide poisoning."

The Republicans’ Benghazi Obsession - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/opinion/the-republicans-benghazi-obsession.html?_r=0

Before Wednesday's hearing on the attack in Benghazi, Libya, Republicans in Congress promised explosive new details about the administration's mishandling of the episode. Instead, the hearing showed, yet again, that sober fact-finding is not their mission. Common sense and good judgment have long given way to conspiracy-mongering and a relentless effort to discredit President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

---SPSmith

Magellan's Log: Tasteless Limericks

http://www.texaschapbookpress.com/magellanslog20/limericks20.htm

The naughty old bishop of Birmingham
Buggered two boys whilst confirming 'em.
   As they knelt before God
   He pulled out his rod
And pumped his Episcopal sperm in 'em.

---SPSmith

Scandal

The moral degeneracy of GOP Congress critters continues to drag 4 dead Americans thru political muck.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41974_Jon_Stewart_Scales_Bullshit_Mountain_to_Examine_the_Latest_Wingnut_Benghazi_Fail

Perhaps Republicans should learn to be as faithful to their wives as they are to made-up scandal.

---SPSmith

Benghazi

Sad that the GOP congress critter continue to drag 4 dead Americans thru political muck.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41974_Jon_Stewart_Scales_Bullshit_Mountain_to_Examine_the_Latest_Wingnut_Benghazi_Fail

---SPSmith

Goodreads | Quote by Salman Rushdie: The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great ...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/79001-the-fundamentalist-seeks-to-bring-down-a-great-deal-more

The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list, freedom of speech, a multi-party political system, universal adult suffrage, accountable government, Jews, homosexuals, women's rights, pluralism, secularism, short skits, dancing, beardlessness, evolution theory, sex. There are tyrants, not Muslims.

---SPSmith

13 Benghazis That Occurred on Bush’s Watch Without a Peep from Fox News | The Daily Banter

http://thedailybanter.com/2013/05/13-benghazis-that-occurred-on-bushs-watch-without-a-peep-from-fox-news/


---SPSmith

Article: What Dick Cheney's Benghazi Criticism Misses

What Dick Cheney's Benghazi Criticism Misses
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/05/08/what-dick-cheneys-benghazi-criticism-misses/193960

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---SPSmith

Gun crime has plunged, but Americans think it's up, says study - latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-gun-crimes-pew-report-20130507,0,3022693.story


---SPSmith

Pain and Gain | Movie Reviews | Rolling Stone

Pain and Gain | Movie Reviews | Rolling Stone: "The four words that can chill this movie critic to the bone are: Directed by Michael Bay. Remember, this is the guy who depicted the attack on Pearl Harbor from the point of view of the bomb. Maybe that's why I wasn't invited to any early screenings of Bay's latest, Pain and Gain. A studio rep informed me that the filmmaker "did not opt for a Rolling Stone review." Ha. Like that's his decision.

So, heading to my local multiplex, I laid down 12 bucks for a ticket. For a second, I worried that Bay might have sent Optimus Prime to the box office on orders to crush me, but that's too Hollywood even for Bay.

Confession: I harbored a mad hope that Pain and Gain, made for a scant $26 million (the snack budget on his Transformers films), might actually show a different side to this filmmaker. He once claimed he wanted to make a small, personal film that would reveal the real Bay. And, I'm here to report, that Pain and Gain is that film. It's dumb, shallow, deeply cynical and and creatively bereft."

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Antonia Larroux Obituary: View Antonia Larroux's Obituary by New York Times

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=antonia-larroux&pid=164596250#fbLoggedOut

JWaffle House lost a loyal customer on April 30, 2013. Antonia W. "Toni" Larroux died after a battle with multiple illnesses: lupus, rickets, scurvy, kidney disease and feline leukemia. She had previously conquered polio as a child contributing to her unusually petite ankles and the nickname "polio legs" given to her by her ex-husband, Jean F. Larroux, Jr. It should not be difficult to imagine the multiple reasons for their divorce 35+ years ago. Two children resulted from that marriage: Hayden Hoffman and Jean F. Larroux, III. Due to multiple, anonymous Mother's Day cards which arrived each May, the children suspect there were other siblings but that has never been verified.
---SPSmith

Running On Air: Breathing Technique | Runner's World

http://www.runnersworld.com/running-tips/running-air-breathing-technique

Let's start with a 5-count or 3:2 pattern of rhythmic breathing, which
will apply to most of your running. Inhale for three steps and exhale
for two

---SPSmith

Article: Oceans of Ore: How an Undersea Caldera Eruption Created Jerome, Arizona

Oceans of Ore: How an Undersea Caldera Eruption Created Jerome, Arizona
http://freethoughtblogs.com/entequilaesverdad/2013/05/07/oceans-of-ore-how-an-undersea-caldera-eruption-created-jerome-arizona/

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---SPSmith

LG LFX31925ST: Super-Capacity 3 Door French Door Refrigerator with Smart Cooling Technology | LG USA

http://www.lg.com/us/refrigerators/lg-LFX31925ST-french-3-door-refrigerator


---SPSmith

Article: Creationism and Tyranny

Creationism and Tyranny
http://sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/creationism-and-tyranny/

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---SPSmith

Article: The 10 best garlic recipes

The 10 best garlic recipes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/may/04/10-best-garlic-recipes

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---SPSmith

Ali A. Rizvi: An Atheist Muslim's Perspective on the 'Root Causes' of Islamist Jihadism and the Politics of Islamophobia

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-a-rizvi/an-atheist-muslims-perspective-on-the-root-causes-of-islamist-jihadism-and-the-politics-of-islamophobia_b_3159286.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings and the foiled al Qaeda-backed plot in Toronto, the "anything but jihad" brigade is out in full force again. If the perpetrators of such attacks say they were influenced by politics, nationalism, money, video games or hip-hop, we take their answers at face value. But when they repeatedly and consistently cite their religious beliefs as their central motivation, we back off, stroke our chins and suspect that there has to be something deeper at play, a "root cause."

The taboo against criticizing religion is still so astonishingly pervasive that centuries of hard lessons haven't yet opened our eyes to what has been apparent all along: It is often religion itself, not the "distortion," "hijacking," "misrepresentation" or "politicization" of religion, that is the root cause.

---SPSmith

A Most Profound Math Problem : The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/05/a-most-profound-math-problem.html


---SPSmith

Non-Muslims Carried Out More than 90% of All Terrorist Attacks in America | Global Research

http://www.globalresearch.ca/non-muslims-carried-out-more-than-90-of-all-terrorist-attacks-in-america/5333619


---SPSmith

Uncensored John Simon

http://uncensoredsimon.blogspot.com/

religion, which has nothing whatsoever to do with logic, comes in with its meddling where it does not belong. Genuine life predicates the cognizance of mortality. Even an infant knows the difference between being suckled and being throttled; an embryo does not. To a world burdened with overpopulation (Malthus is revolving in his grave), abortion provides at least some amelioration. The alternative mode, war or revolution or suicide bombing, is clearly less desirable.

---SPSmith

Why is Reuters puzzled by global warming's acceleration? | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/apr/24/reuters-puzzled-global-warming-acceleration


---SPSmith

Our shifting moral landscape | The Moral Universe, Scientific American Blog Network

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/moral-universe/2013/05/03/our-shifting-moral-landscape/


---SPSmith

Mitt Romney's Advice to College Grads: Start Having Babies as Soon as Possible | Mother Jones

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/mitt-romney-quiverfull-fundamentalist-family-planning-advice

Thank Zesus we avoided this loony tune

---SPSmith

Intel dubs Haswell IGP 'Iris,' promises 2-3X performance increase - The Tech Report

http://techreport.com/news/24749/intel-dubs-haswell-igp-iris-promises-2-3x-performance-increase


---SPSmith

Article: The Real Reason ARM Will Menace Intel in the Data Center

The Real Reason ARM Will Menace Intel in the Data Center
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/hp-arm-memcached-chip-paper/

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---SPSmith

Article: Intel's next CEO: Manufacturing chief Brian Krzanich | Business Tech - CNET News

Intel's next CEO: Manufacturing chief Brian Krzanich | Business Tech - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57582512-92/intels-next-ceo-manufacturing-chief-brian-krzanich/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore

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---SPSmith

Rifle used by Ky. boy in sister's death made for kids

True NRA gun nuts.  I guess it is evolution in action if they only shoot members of their (no doubt inbreed) family while leaving the rest of us unharmed.

Rifle used by Ky. boy in sister's death made for kids

http://usat.ly/ZoTFeW

---SPSmith

The 10 best words the internet has given English | Books | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/17/tom-chatfield-top-10-internet-neologisms


---SPSmith